Buster Posey's Dad

For those of you who did not know. Buster Posey is the best College baseball player for the year 2008; he plays catcher for FSU, and has the perfect baseball name. Echos throughout the stadium of " Bust One , Posey" and " Bust it out of here, Buster" have now become commonplace at Dick Howser Stadium.


I would like to clear up one thing, however, Dean is not Buster's dad!!! For most of you, who did not or do not watch ESPN College Baseball during this time of the year...FSU was playing and losing to Wichita State in the first game of the Super Regionals on Friday. Adam called us in the middle of the game to tell his dad that he had been on the big screen many times, and to have us ask if it was true what the announcers were saying, that " Mrs. Posey, Buster's mom was sitting behind us." Well, yes she was ,and so were some of the other players' family members...we had not recognized that fact until then.


Later on that evening, we got a call from our nephew, David, who told us that the ESPN crew showed Dean again, right after a rather controversial umpire call made on Buster's younger brother, Jack. (Can't you hear the crowd, when he gets to be a SR.? "Jack it out of here, Posey")


The ESPN announcer said, something like, "Look, even Mr. Posey is upset about that call!!


Well, we laughed and Dean made a vow, right then and there to control his attack on the umpires, just in case the TV cameras kept too close a watch on him for the remainder of the tournament. Of course, I wasn't the least bit concerned over the fact that they might not know who that lady was next to Mr. Posey...I just figured that they would think I was Buster's slightly older sister :)


The funny ending to this story? aside from my sister Margaret's new nickname for me...Rosie Posey... Sunday morning at church, a sweet lady came up to Dean and said, "Dean, you will never believe how much you resemble Buster Posey's dad. Both of you are tall, blond hair, and thin." She had to rush over to her husband, after Dean assured her that it was him on the TV, punch him in the arm and say "See I told you that looked like Dean on the TV!!"


So Dean had his 15 minutes of fame on someone else's time...Such a "Poser"!!


Now, he will have to go back in his memory to 1971...Ames, Iowa...NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships...50 yard Freestyle...championship heat...announcing the swimmers on Wide World of Sports...In Lane 5 "Dean Jerger, FSU" Dean had just picked up a handful of water and was spitting into the pool!!!!